Gus

I haven't written a post about my rescue dog Gus yet. We rescued Gus on September 15th from a high kill shelter in Utah. A high kill shelter is a shelter that puts many dogs to sleep due to "space". Most of them hold dogs for around 72 hours to see if  their owners claim them and after that they are available for adoption, sometimes only for a few days before they put them to sleep - I will fill you in on my thoughts about this in another post and about the no kill movement - Gus was a lucky one, we saw his photo online, fell instantly in love and went to work to find out how to spring him from jail and the horrible fate of so many dogs.

Luckily we found Marylin at Utah's Perfect Pointers and she went and met Gus, did a temperament test, and got him outta there! She had him neutered, fully vetted and then flew him up to us.  Marylin knew exactly what we were looking for in our furry companion and knew that he would fit our lifestyle perfectly, which he did! 

He was only around 8 or 9 months old. 

Marylin works closely with dogwood and cross our paws rescues in Vancouver, in fact many of the pointers that you see around Vancouver are actually all the way from Utah!

Gus is such a great dog! German shorthaired and wirehaired pointers are my two favorite breeds but I wouldn't recommend a pointer for any of you couch potatoes out there, they need LOTS of exercise! If you love hiking, biking, running or agility and are looking for a dog to do these activities with a pointer may be the breed for you too!